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from now -- whether it's obama or romney they have to sit there and this is what they're going to be spending their time on. yes. >> hi. i just -- oh. [inaudible] i wanted to say, first of all, that i am right in the middle of the politics. i'm in the middle of the chapter 20. it's an incredible book. thank you for writing it. my question is . >> i know lot of adults who can't read it. [laughter] >> thank you. so my question is, i'm at the end of middle school, i want to become a journalist when i grow up. [applause] okay. [applause] so you have had an incredible career and you're one of my idols. i wanted to ask you any tips for young people like me who want to become a journalist and want to see the world? [applause] >> you have chosen perhaps prematurely a great career. i often said if someone came from another planet came to earth and spent a year and went back and said who are the people who have the best jobs in america? the visitor would say the journalists. why? because as a journalist you get to make momentary entry in to people's lives when they are interesting and when the
from now -- whether it's obama or romney they have to sit there and this is what they're going to be spending their time on. yes. >> hi. i just -- oh. [inaudible] i wanted to say, first of all, that i am right in the middle of the politics. i'm in the middle of the chapter 20. it's an incredible book. thank you for writing it. my question is . >> i know lot of adults who can't read it. [laughter] >> thank you. so my question is, i'm at the end of middle school, i want to...
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ago -- six weeks from now in which whoever, whether's obama, romney, they're going to have to sit there, and this is what they're going to be spending your time on. yes, young man. >> hi. um, i just -- oh, 13. >> thank you. >> i just wanted to say, first of all, that i am right in the middle of the price of politics, i'm in the middle of chapter 20, so it's an incredible book, so thank you very much for writing it. >> i know lots of adults who can't read it. [laughter] >> thank you. so, um, my question is, um, i'm at the end of middle school, and i want to become a journalist when i grow up, so -- [applause] okay. so you have had an incredible career, and you're one of my idols, so i just wanted to ask you, um, any tips for young people like me who want to become a journalist and want to see the world? [applause] >> you've chosen, perhaps prematurely -- [laughter] a great career. i've often said if somebody came from another planet to the united states to spend a year and they went back to, say, mars and they said who are the people that have the best jobs in america, the interplanetary
ago -- six weeks from now in which whoever, whether's obama, romney, they're going to have to sit there, and this is what they're going to be spending your time on. yes, young man. >> hi. um, i just -- oh, 13. >> thank you. >> i just wanted to say, first of all, that i am right in the middle of the price of politics, i'm in the middle of chapter 20, so it's an incredible book, so thank you very much for writing it. >> i know lots of adults who can't read it. [laughter]...
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reopen government and raise the nation's borrowing limit as the federal shutdown enters its second week. we will show you the president's comments in just a bit. reaction on capitol hill on the republican side or moral call say republicans say obama underestimates their resolve is the debt default nears. republicans weren't serious about a debt default think again. while democrats refuse to negotiate over the continuing resolution in the debt limit apparently assuming the gop will eventually cave. house republicans insist they are repaired to bring borrowing authority to a screeching hault. quote i can assure you it's not posturing. it's not a political place of phil gingrey of georgia. gingrey said republicans were absolutely prepared to lose the house to extract concessions on the cr and the debt limit and he said the white house is missing the determination of the republican party. the debt limit certainly was part of the president's comments earlier today. the president speaking for special after the president spoke we got reaction from house speaker john boehner. here's what he had
reopen government and raise the nation's borrowing limit as the federal shutdown enters its second week. we will show you the president's comments in just a bit. reaction on capitol hill on the republican side or moral call say republicans say obama underestimates their resolve is the debt default nears. republicans weren't serious about a debt default think again. while democrats refuse to negotiate over the continuing resolution in the debt limit apparently assuming the gop will eventually...
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with red carpet arrivals and then starts with president obama and the vice president. this week the supreme court court heard arguments in the case of riley versus company. the plaintiff was convicted based on evidence seized in a traffic stop. the supreme court is deciding what find of 4th amendment should be given to data stored on smart phones. this is an hour. >> we'll hear argument first this morning in case , riley v. california. mr. fisher? >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: this case involves applying the core protection of the fourth amendment to a new factual circumstance. it has always been the case that an occasion of an arrest did not give the police officers authority to search through the private papers and the drawers and bureaus and cabinets of somebody's house, and that protection should not evaporate more than years after the founding because we have the technological development of smartphones that have resulted in people carrying that information in their pockets. >> just just to test the principle for why the police ca search and s
with red carpet arrivals and then starts with president obama and the vice president. this week the supreme court court heard arguments in the case of riley versus company. the plaintiff was convicted based on evidence seized in a traffic stop. the supreme court is deciding what find of 4th amendment should be given to data stored on smart phones. this is an hour. >> we'll hear argument first this morning in case , riley v. california. mr. fisher? >> mr. chief justice, and may it...
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reid and president obama and they're like way, i thought that was the package. that's always a problem. >> jake sherman, this freshman class has turned out to be more conservative than we thought, less conservative? more of a factor, stronger than we thought? weaker, less of a factor? >> that's one of the things republican leadership has done pretty well is they have kind of molded their agenda in how they do things around this class so they been neutralized innocents. they haven't been hell no to speaker boehner the whole time. to have kind of, they have grown up a little bit in this process. there's a great story of our colleague about allen west who is this tea party favorite in florida, republican, told me when i went down to florida i'm going to hold being his feet to the fire and got your -- >> when you're in florida. >> right. but when he got here things were a lot different. and he was like maybe we shouldn't shut down the government. maybe the united states shouldn't default on its debt. so less of a factor in that way, but more of a factor in the sense
reid and president obama and they're like way, i thought that was the package. that's always a problem. >> jake sherman, this freshman class has turned out to be more conservative than we thought, less conservative? more of a factor, stronger than we thought? weaker, less of a factor? >> that's one of the things republican leadership has done pretty well is they have kind of molded their agenda in how they do things around this class so they been neutralized innocents. they haven't...
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if and when in the next coming weeks as congress is deciding whether to vote up or down on obama's trade deal the chamber can now go to these members who might not be inclined to vote against it and say you do that and we are going to run such a primary fight against you you never know what happens, you'll be out of office, good luck. that is why the chamber friend to spend in primaries, i do expect that they will use their influence in this way to make sure the trade deal does indeed pass so this brings us to 2016. i want to open up for questions in a moment and simply say the stakes are really high, the chamber said it is going to spend $100 million, we will see if they do that. they often promise to can then spend much less, they like to throw their weight around. i do want to clarify the difference between super pacs which are regulated by the federal election commission, and most of their donors, this is how the supreme court said it should work in citizens united and what the chamber is doing and what copycats are now doing like the koch brothers organization which are saying we do
if and when in the next coming weeks as congress is deciding whether to vote up or down on obama's trade deal the chamber can now go to these members who might not be inclined to vote against it and say you do that and we are going to run such a primary fight against you you never know what happens, you'll be out of office, good luck. that is why the chamber friend to spend in primaries, i do expect that they will use their influence in this way to make sure the trade deal does indeed pass so...
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party had said anything approaching that, and so by the time, and the economy is getting worse by the weeks go by the time democrats came and they were looking at something on the scale of a trillion dollars but they made one third of the tax cuts in part because barack obama i think many people have argued to me made the mistake of negotiating with himself, thinking that aside, instead of letting republicans with the tax cuts and the stimulus he put the men and then didn't want to go much further. they threw in the amt release for chuck grassley and a lot of good that did them. the health care bill, people talk about government takeover and how this was a liberal pill. just as the liberals how liberal it was. i cover the 94 health care debate. that will that past is so similar. if you don't have to take my word for it. they will tell you. republicans in the senate, bob dole, john chaffee and 21 other senate republicans cosponsored a bill that is practically within individual mandate. that was their alternative to the democrats employer mandate. the fiscal commission. you have the mcconnell
party had said anything approaching that, and so by the time, and the economy is getting worse by the weeks go by the time democrats came and they were looking at something on the scale of a trillion dollars but they made one third of the tax cuts in part because barack obama i think many people have argued to me made the mistake of negotiating with himself, thinking that aside, instead of letting republicans with the tax cuts and the stimulus he put the men and then didn't want to go much...
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. >> president obama spoke about his economic agenda earlier this week at a luncheon hosted by the business roundtable and association of corporate ceos. we pick up what with a president taking questions from the group. >> your comment has been consistent in relation to tax reform. we have over the last couple of days been talking a lot about what are those things that are the most critical for driving job growth and middle income job growth and it always for us comes back to investment. the more we invest the more middle income wages grow and as we think about what are those those things that will drive business investment and that job growth you touched on it and you have been consistent, tax reform. there is no single factor that could be more important. the question is, do you think it would be useful to have somebody with your administration, vineyard administrations say this is a priority to me and we will work with individuals in congress and see if this is a priority to drive this through. it's a timeframe for their something that can be done. both sides of congress being receptive
. >> president obama spoke about his economic agenda earlier this week at a luncheon hosted by the business roundtable and association of corporate ceos. we pick up what with a president taking questions from the group. >> your comment has been consistent in relation to tax reform. we have over the last couple of days been talking a lot about what are those things that are the most critical for driving job growth and middle income job growth and it always for us comes back to...
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challenge to obama's executive actions on deportation. these were two new programs that he announced right after the 2014 midterm elections and up to 5 million illegal immigrants would be eligible to stay temporarily on three-year work programs and not have to worry about being -- being deported. texas and five other states sued and the supreme court will hear it and we should know by june whether or not those programs will take off. obama wants those and it is a huge legacy issue for him. the opponents think they have a lock tight case in court. youris something to keep eye on and will fuel the immigration debate on the campaign trail. host: democrat line, hi. caller: i have a question and that is, why are all the democratic congressmen and senators except for the three you mentioned supporting hillary ,ent and the most recent polls i watch the news and read and everything, they say that bernie polls isn national as aelectable and high higher poll number as far as against hillary. being able to be the republican front runner, donald trum
challenge to obama's executive actions on deportation. these were two new programs that he announced right after the 2014 midterm elections and up to 5 million illegal immigrants would be eligible to stay temporarily on three-year work programs and not have to worry about being -- being deported. texas and five other states sued and the supreme court will hear it and we should know by june whether or not those programs will take off. obama wants those and it is a huge legacy issue for him. the...
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i have a bill i'm introducing today, tomorrow, or monday next week called the obama choice act which make it voluntary let the american people choose whether they want to use it or not. not delay it and try to start it. instead of making it mandatory, let people decide on a voluntary basis. so, you know, obamacare is well intentioned. there are some people that are benefited by it. the people who don't have health insurance with the preexisting condition. but for the vast majority of americans, it's a very bad deal it will ultimately fail. the question is -- if it's going fail it's when it's going fail. >> we focus on the technological issues. they plan on bringing in extra help. they haven't been forthcoming as to who the helpers are. do you think the administration should details who they're bringing in. do you think it's a conflict of interest for them? >> guest: i think they are conflicted. there is no question about that. they started out the initial contract, i think, the canadian company. i don't think it was competitively bid. was, you know, $50 $60 million. we don't know the
i have a bill i'm introducing today, tomorrow, or monday next week called the obama choice act which make it voluntary let the american people choose whether they want to use it or not. not delay it and try to start it. instead of making it mandatory, let people decide on a voluntary basis. so, you know, obamacare is well intentioned. there are some people that are benefited by it. the people who don't have health insurance with the preexisting condition. but for the vast majority of americans,...
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party had said anything approaching that, and so by the time, and the economy is getting worse by the weeks go by the time democrats came and they were looking at something on the scale of a trillion dollars but they made one third of the tax cuts in part because barack obama i think many people have argued to me made the mistake of negotiating with himself, thinking that aside, instead of letting republicans with the tax cuts and the stimulus he put the men and then didn't want to go much further. they threw in the amt release for chuck grassley and a lot of good that did them. the health care bill, people talk about government takeover and how this was a liberal pill. just as the liberals how liberal it was. i cover the 94 health care debate. that will that past is so similar. if you don't have to take my word for it. they will tell you. republicans in the senate, bob dole, john chaffee and 21 other senate republicans cosponsored a bill that is practically within individual mandate. that was their alternative to the democrats employer mandate. the fiscal commission. you have the mcconnell
party had said anything approaching that, and so by the time, and the economy is getting worse by the weeks go by the time democrats came and they were looking at something on the scale of a trillion dollars but they made one third of the tax cuts in part because barack obama i think many people have argued to me made the mistake of negotiating with himself, thinking that aside, instead of letting republicans with the tax cuts and the stimulus he put the men and then didn't want to go much...
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if president obama does what he promises to do and takes action with some illegal aliens in the united states -- >> are you referring to undocumented people? >> one includes iraqis as well? >> we have the canadian borders, we have the southern borders, we have people coming by land and sea and we certainly have to protect the american people and our first responsibility is to protect and defend and i don't think it has anything to do about the president is going to do next on immigration. but it has to do with what we are doing for our national security. i thank you all very much. >> republicans are using a strategy that they used before, which features you and a lot of anti-competitive races. and i'm just wondering what you think of this. >> they have no idea. they have nothing to offer the american people in terms of financial stability and lowering the cost of education and raising the minimum wage and stopping to send jobs overseas and use the politics of personal discussion and destruction which comes from their poverty and their lack of ideas and people aren't responding to them.
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just last week was the three-year anniversary of pastor saeed's imprisonment. reports are that he is being horribly mistreated, that his health is failing. and yet president obama cannot bring himself to utter the words pastor saeed abedini. $100 billion to the ayatollah khamenei, and pastor saeed abedini remains in prison. also in proven is amir hekmati, an american marine the president has abandoned. also in prison is jason rezaian, a "washington post" reporter. i note to the reporters in the gallery, a colleague of yours, abandoned by president obama in an iranian prison, thrown in jail for doing his job reporting on the news. and robert levinson, whose whereabouts remain unknown. why does the president refuse even to utter their names? a third consequence of this deal is this deal will only accelerate iran's acquiring nuclear weapons. now, the administration claims that the deal will prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. why? because they promise not to do it. we have learned from iran they break their promises over and over and over again. and what
just last week was the three-year anniversary of pastor saeed's imprisonment. reports are that he is being horribly mistreated, that his health is failing. and yet president obama cannot bring himself to utter the words pastor saeed abedini. $100 billion to the ayatollah khamenei, and pastor saeed abedini remains in prison. also in proven is amir hekmati, an american marine the president has abandoned. also in prison is jason rezaian, a "washington post" reporter. i note to the...
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obama hinted in a press conference earlier this month that if it weren't for republicans, he would want another stimulus." "the wall street journal" says scary thought. none of this includes the obamacare entitlement that will place 30 million more americans on government health rolls. and then they conclude this is the road to fiscal perdition. the looming debt downgrade only confirms what everyone knows. congress has made so many promises to so many americans that there is no conceivable way those promises can be kept. tax rates might have to rise to 60%, 70%, even 80% to raise the revenues to finance these promises, but that would be economically ruinous. and it concludes, "this instance on no reform reinforces the notion that our entitlement state is too big to afford but also too big to change politically. this is how a aaa country becomes aa, the first step on the march to greece." end of quotation. charles congratulat krauthammerl observer of the political scene, in his column friday in "the washington post" concluded with the following words: "obama faces two massive problems: j
obama hinted in a press conference earlier this month that if it weren't for republicans, he would want another stimulus." "the wall street journal" says scary thought. none of this includes the obamacare entitlement that will place 30 million more americans on government health rolls. and then they conclude this is the road to fiscal perdition. the looming debt downgrade only confirms what everyone knows. congress has made so many promises to so many americans that there is no...
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. >>> in the meantime, president obama's 2015 budget is expected to make it to the hill this week. national journal writes: the president's proposed spending plan for fiscal 2015 to be unveiled tuesday will command much of the attention in congress this week. both the committees have set hearings for wednesday to pore over its details. the senate's also expected to take up competing bills to combat military sexual assault. and house republicans, after abruptly scrapping a measure to address skyrocketing flood insurance premiums, believe they have resolved internal differences enough to proceed wednesday geared at attracting some democratic support. and join us later when secretary of state john kerry will speak at the 2014 aipac conference, the group is holding their yearly policy conference. you can watch secretary kerry's remarks live at about 5 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. >> the internet as we know it today bears no resemblance to monopoly telephone service back in the 1930 and '40s and '50s. and what the courts have said and what the congress supports is if i
. >>> in the meantime, president obama's 2015 budget is expected to make it to the hill this week. national journal writes: the president's proposed spending plan for fiscal 2015 to be unveiled tuesday will command much of the attention in congress this week. both the committees have set hearings for wednesday to pore over its details. the senate's also expected to take up competing bills to combat military sexual assault. and house republicans, after abruptly scrapping a measure to...
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as president obama trust president putin? >> the point of that his actions speak louder than words and look, i think the fact is if we can resolve this without resorting to military force, if we can relieve a dictator of his stock piles of chemical weapons so that he could never use them against innocent civilians again then credit will be due to the russians and to everyone else who participates in a process to make it happen. we will see if it happens. >> first a quick clarification. he said that the iranians have blamed the syrian government. >> acknowledge the syrian government was responsible for that attack. >> so the government of iran? okay. so first of all your reaction to the fact that the very rebels the united states is supporting has issued a statement saying that they categorically reject the russian president's? >> i understand that but it goes to the point that we have been making that there is an ongoing set terry and civil war in syria. we have been appalled by it as many of our allies and partners have been
as president obama trust president putin? >> the point of that his actions speak louder than words and look, i think the fact is if we can resolve this without resorting to military force, if we can relieve a dictator of his stock piles of chemical weapons so that he could never use them against innocent civilians again then credit will be due to the russians and to everyone else who participates in a process to make it happen. we will see if it happens. >> first a quick...
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would chair next week to guard your global support for this effort. but also encouraged by the outcome of the of it conference call on the timber 11th that brought together member states of the council as well was eject iraq turkey and lebanon and we commend their resolve by military campaign against isil. and held on september 15 there is the critical need to insure the security council resolution 2170 of 2014 concerning the fighting against terrorism. the international community there's a lot they can do to stop the influx of funding from the implementation. in this respect countries of the region and beyond should also play an important role to prevent hatred and extremism with as a radicalization of. we'll get that rapid innovations of isil has led to do massive displacement of more than 2 million people which required humanitarian assistance. therefore we call on the international community to provide an answer for. then we have the delegation for this statement that was just adopted. it as well as the entire team for the dedication to the people
would chair next week to guard your global support for this effort. but also encouraged by the outcome of the of it conference call on the timber 11th that brought together member states of the council as well was eject iraq turkey and lebanon and we commend their resolve by military campaign against isil. and held on september 15 there is the critical need to insure the security council resolution 2170 of 2014 concerning the fighting against terrorism. the international community there's a lot...
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this week president obama -- earlier this week, senator john boehner spoke about this. >> pass in the short-term bill gives senate senate -- senate democrats two more weeks to either consider hr1, or all when their own plan for how we move ahead. americans have a right where the democrats plan to cut spending to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year is. host: he has been quick to point to you and senator harry reid for that plan. guest: our plan is to do it in a sensible way, and not go too far. i think the house picked a number. it originally said 60 billion, if you remember. a group in the republican caucus said let's up the ante. they went way too far. they made deep cuts to education, worker training, cuts in research and innovation, and the basic infrastructure of america. i pointed those out in my home state. those cuts would be devastating to medical research. our national laboratory at oregon. in out of every student's private college in what draw -- dry up because of the pell grant reduction. we said let's step back, and this in a measured, thoughtful way. let's
this week president obama -- earlier this week, senator john boehner spoke about this. >> pass in the short-term bill gives senate senate -- senate democrats two more weeks to either consider hr1, or all when their own plan for how we move ahead. americans have a right where the democrats plan to cut spending to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year is. host: he has been quick to point to you and senator harry reid for that plan. guest: our plan is to do it in a sensible...
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the fact is, president obama has already told us what he thinks of this deal. just this week he stated, quote, i'm pretty happy about the budget deals because it reflects our values. whose values are those? he's right. this budget deal reflects the obama values. and who negotiated this budget deal? that would be republican leadership. what does it say, mr. president, that republican leadership's budget deal gives president obama everything he wants, because it reflects obama's values. this is why the american people are so frustrated. we keep winning elections and nothing changes. 2009 we were told if only you had republican majority in house of representatives things would be different. we rose up, millions of us in 2010. won a majority. very little changed. then we were told the problem was the senate. harry reid and senate. if only we had a republican majority in the senate, then things would be different. 2014, millions of minutes rose up again. won another historic tidal wave victory. won nine senate seats. retired harry reid as majority leader. you and i
the fact is, president obama has already told us what he thinks of this deal. just this week he stated, quote, i'm pretty happy about the budget deals because it reflects our values. whose values are those? he's right. this budget deal reflects the obama values. and who negotiated this budget deal? that would be republican leadership. what does it say, mr. president, that republican leadership's budget deal gives president obama everything he wants, because it reflects obama's values. this is...
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this week at the united nations president obama said quote the united states is prepared to work with any nation including russia and iran to resolve the syrian conflict. they require self dilution of tremendous to believe that russia and iran have any interest in resolving the syrian conflict. they seek only to keep the murderous assad regime in power. russia's intervention in syria will prolong and complicate this horrific war. and the main beneficiary will be isil which has fed off the ethnic and sectarian divisions fostered by the assad regime. it is tragic. it is tragic my fellow americans that we have reached this point. a syrian conflict that has killed more than 200,000 people created the worst refugee crisis in europe since world war ii, sponsored terrorist army of tens of thousands and now created a platform for a russian autocrat within iranian theocrat to prop up the syrian date later. it did not have to be this way. but this is the inevitable consequence of hollow words, red lines crossed, tarnished moral influence, meeting from behind and a total lack of american leaders
this week at the united nations president obama said quote the united states is prepared to work with any nation including russia and iran to resolve the syrian conflict. they require self dilution of tremendous to believe that russia and iran have any interest in resolving the syrian conflict. they seek only to keep the murderous assad regime in power. russia's intervention in syria will prolong and complicate this horrific war. and the main beneficiary will be isil which has fed off the...
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this decade and maybe even going back a little bit into the other decade, but just since president obama was elected, we have added more -- yet more complex intervention. the health care reform bill, dodd-frank, the consumer protection bureau, and the president this very week has been talking about increasing taxes only he doesn't use the word taxes. we have got to have more revenue or we have got to have balance. but it still adds up, all of these things out there that government doesn't know what all these rules and regulations. do you realize in health care reform, there is 1,690 delegations of authority to the secretaries to write regulations, and they aren't going to be written for years, but there is -- that brings so much uncertainty. so we have more uncertainty plus unintended consequences that come out of these like right now, rising health care costs because of the bill, deterring new investments because of dodd-frank and deterring risk taking, and risk taking is what entrepreneurship is all about, and entrepreneurship is mostly related to small businesses where 70% of the new
this decade and maybe even going back a little bit into the other decade, but just since president obama was elected, we have added more -- yet more complex intervention. the health care reform bill, dodd-frank, the consumer protection bureau, and the president this very week has been talking about increasing taxes only he doesn't use the word taxes. we have got to have more revenue or we have got to have balance. but it still adds up, all of these things out there that government doesn't know...
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last week the leading federal judge in montana sends out an e-mail on his official judicial e-mail account to his friends this joke about little barack obama asking his mommy, why am i black and you are way? as she says far i know that your father, i'm surprised he didn't bark. he does on his official e-mail. he said i don't usually send jokes to friends like this, but i thought this one was particularly funny. i mean, that is how sick these people are and that is what we have seen over and over again again directed nasa match against -- you can disagree with president obama's health plan that wasn't strong enough or that its government takeover of health care. you can disagree with him on taxes or whatever, but this is against him personally and tries to discourage and discredit him personally. and it's not just fox news. it is out there because of a couple of people that most americans have never heard of. the famous coat brothers, charles and david cÔte. and again, we have seen corporate sponsored attacks against presidents before particular i found two of them franklin noted delivers
last week the leading federal judge in montana sends out an e-mail on his official judicial e-mail account to his friends this joke about little barack obama asking his mommy, why am i black and you are way? as she says far i know that your father, i'm surprised he didn't bark. he does on his official e-mail. he said i don't usually send jokes to friends like this, but i thought this one was particularly funny. i mean, that is how sick these people are and that is what we have seen over and...
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members of congress plan to meet at the white house with president obama about fiscal issues. on how members of congress and how the president could approach the so-called fiscal cliff with tax breaks and spending cuts. they hosted senators. [no audio] >> majority leader compared the job to being a grounds keeper in a cemetery. there's a lot of people under you, but they are not paying attention. >> that's true. [laughter] and then from the democratic side, we have a former budget committee chairman, senator gym sasser, please, come up and join us. [applause] hi. [applause] if there is one job in the senate that's worse than majority leader, it's being the budget committee chairman, but senator deserves credit for the -- partial credit for the 1990 budget deal which was really -- sit right here -- which was really an extraordinary -- probably the one deal in recent decades with a significant impact on the deficit, and then we have senator joe lieberman, please, come up. [applause] senator lieberman has the distinction of being the only person in the country who was invited to
members of congress plan to meet at the white house with president obama about fiscal issues. on how members of congress and how the president could approach the so-called fiscal cliff with tax breaks and spending cuts. they hosted senators. [no audio] >> majority leader compared the job to being a grounds keeper in a cemetery. there's a lot of people under you, but they are not paying attention. >> that's true. [laughter] and then from the democratic side, we have a former budget...
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and i'll freely admit that in the first week or so i thought maybe i was wrong, it wasn't till later on, nothing can prepare even a seasoned politician for the strain and spotlight of a presidential campaign. it's a daunting, daunting experience and not many people can handle the pressure that someone who so relatively new to politics and certainly never was prepared for that kind of attention before found crack under the strain. >> what about s decisions over his head on the economic summit. >> at one i did argue against, unfortunately i argued for . we had managed to come out of the convention with 856 point lead on obama, part of the convention is usually we get to take and we knew they would participate but both by the end of september, late september we work i thought very competitive. we still have a chance and i thought was then a horrible environment for the republican candidate. president bush, bless him, not entirely his fault but was very unpopular. he had terrible numbers and it was easy to tag republican nominee is george bush's third term but think the famous polling fo
and i'll freely admit that in the first week or so i thought maybe i was wrong, it wasn't till later on, nothing can prepare even a seasoned politician for the strain and spotlight of a presidential campaign. it's a daunting, daunting experience and not many people can handle the pressure that someone who so relatively new to politics and certainly never was prepared for that kind of attention before found crack under the strain. >> what about s decisions over his head on the economic...
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well, president obama was supposed to be the headliner at the east asia economic summit this past week. guess who stole the headlines -- president xi of china rather than our president. asia is wondering whether america's open for business. we were missing at the table. that's no way for america to be conducting its business. we need to be open, we need to get government open. so, mr. president, i hear my colleagues, we want to negotiate budget deals, i'm all for that. i think i have a reputation around here people know that i'm interested in getting democrats and republicans together and getting a budget that makes sense to our country, but let me just, if i might, quote from "the baltimore sun" from this this morning. this is an exact quote from "the baltimore sun" about negotiations and how we have to go through negotiations. "passing a clean continuing resolution keeping government fully operating at funding levels the g.o.p. has already endorsed is no compromise, it's status quo. raising the debt ceiling isn't a concession, either. it allows the nation to pay the bills congress ha
well, president obama was supposed to be the headliner at the east asia economic summit this past week. guess who stole the headlines -- president xi of china rather than our president. asia is wondering whether america's open for business. we were missing at the table. that's no way for america to be conducting its business. we need to be open, we need to get government open. so, mr. president, i hear my colleagues, we want to negotiate budget deals, i'm all for that. i think i have a...
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i heard him make reference to the insurance exchanges that opened last week because it was one week ago that president obama's health insurance exchanges opened. by all accounts, madam president, it was a complete disaster. the administration had three and a half years to prepare for the big launch. it spent months, spent millions of dollars advertising the start date, and yet on october 1, the american people had their first chance to sign up, and the exchanges flopped. it was a complete fiasco. the administration tried to say it was caught off guard. they say they were caught off guard by too many people going to the web site on the first day. madam president, even saturday night liveried ciewld the excuse. they -- ridiculed the excuse. they said that's like 1-800-flowers getting caught off guard on valentine's day. there were glitches the first day but they lasted the whole week, the entire first week. well, the question is did the administration finally get its act together? well, actually, no, it didn't. the past weekend, they had to pull down the web site to try to fix some of the
i heard him make reference to the insurance exchanges that opened last week because it was one week ago that president obama's health insurance exchanges opened. by all accounts, madam president, it was a complete disaster. the administration had three and a half years to prepare for the big launch. it spent months, spent millions of dollars advertising the start date, and yet on october 1, the american people had their first chance to sign up, and the exchanges flopped. it was a complete...
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president obama's plan to cut the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan. newsmaker sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> so, my son, paul, was in the hospital at children's national waiting to have his open heart surgery, and he had been diagnosed with congenital heart defects and had have surgery or he would die. part of the waiting for the surgeon to come back from overseas was being in that hospital realizing all these other families of there. you're kind of in the trenches with them. this family, maggie's family, maggie had been through nine surgeries in nine months. various different problems. as daunting as our situation was we are feeling for them. we're in their waiting room every day walking past maggie's bet on the way the polls bassinet. and the day of paul surgery we came in, and maggie's family was not there. she has passed away the night before. and it was really, really hard to imagine that the family had spent so much time waiting for her to get out of the hospital and she did not make it. so we went into surgery that day
president obama's plan to cut the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan. newsmaker sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> so, my son, paul, was in the hospital at children's national waiting to have his open heart surgery, and he had been diagnosed with congenital heart defects and had have surgery or he would die. part of the waiting for the surgeon to come back from overseas was being in that hospital realizing all these other families of there. you're kind of in the...
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obama has been firm. he will veto a short-term increase in the debt limit. host: publications have reported the white house was patel -- a relatively lying low. the president did meet with the democratic leaders. after on friday, he was heard a lot less this weekend. how much of the activity took place among the members of congress versus over in the white house? do you expect to see that pattern continued this week? guest: well, you are right. the president played a lower public role, less of an active public role this weekend. on the other hand, at the end of the weekend, nancy pelosi and harry reid met with him and talk the bottom line. he is very much involved. whatever passes both chambers of congress will have to pass the president. obama may take a lower profile public glee as he has brought much of the debt limit debate, -- publicly ses threat much of the debt limit debate. i think he prefers -- i did his preferred scenario is to have democrats and republicans duking it out in the congress and then he can, in as the reconcile our, conciliator, father
obama has been firm. he will veto a short-term increase in the debt limit. host: publications have reported the white house was patel -- a relatively lying low. the president did meet with the democratic leaders. after on friday, he was heard a lot less this weekend. how much of the activity took place among the members of congress versus over in the white house? do you expect to see that pattern continued this week? guest: well, you are right. the president played a lower public role, less of...
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ago -- six weeks from now in which whoever, whether's obama, romney, they're going to have to sit there, and this is what they're going to be spending your time on. yes, young man. >> hi. um, i just -- oh, 13. >> thank you. >> i just wanted to say, first of all, that i am right in the middle of the price of politics, i'm in the middle of chapter 20, so it's an incredible book, so thank you very much for writing it. >> i know lots of adults who can't read it. [laughter] >> thank you. so, um, my question is, um, i'm at the end of middle school, and i want to become a journalist when i grow up, so -- [applause] okay. so you have had an incredible career, and you're one of my idols, so i just wanted to ask you, um, any tips for young people like me who want to become a journalist and want to see the world? [applause] >> you've chosen, perhaps prematurely -- [laughter] a great career. i've often said if somebody came from another planet to the united states to spend a year and they went back to, say, mars and they said who are the people that have the best jobs in america, the interplanetary
ago -- six weeks from now in which whoever, whether's obama, romney, they're going to have to sit there, and this is what they're going to be spending your time on. yes, young man. >> hi. um, i just -- oh, 13. >> thank you. >> i just wanted to say, first of all, that i am right in the middle of the price of politics, i'm in the middle of chapter 20, so it's an incredible book, so thank you very much for writing it. >> i know lots of adults who can't read it. [laughter]...
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the obama i.r.s. put in place new rules regulating tax preparation authorities, rules for which they had no legal authority. in fact, they used a statute called the dead horse act as their justification for regulating tax preparers. the obama i.r.s. regulation exempted lawyers. it exempted high-priced accountants. it exempted the rich and powerful. the giant accounting firms, they didn't have to worry about it at you will a. but ms. loving who started this business on the south side of chicago, she was facing thousands in costs, costs she felt could drive her out of business. ms. loving sued the i.r.s. and ms. loving won. you want an heroic, incredible story of a single mom standing up against big government and the lawless regulations of the obama i.r.s., you know what, sabina loving has no lobbyists in washington. the washington cartel doesn't listen to the sabina lovings. it listens to the rich and powerful corporations that write checks for both pawrts because it is one party, the party of washing
the obama i.r.s. put in place new rules regulating tax preparation authorities, rules for which they had no legal authority. in fact, they used a statute called the dead horse act as their justification for regulating tax preparers. the obama i.r.s. regulation exempted lawyers. it exempted high-priced accountants. it exempted the rich and powerful. the giant accounting firms, they didn't have to worry about it at you will a. but ms. loving who started this business on the south side of chicago,...
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the cleveland browns loss last week and there must be president obama's laws. there's a light out in my downtown, whatever city got a must be president obama's fall. sit down and work within. this is why i'm optimistic about john boehner is that john boehner was one of the chief architects of no child left behind it and granted that has fall but he sat down with a democrat. he set down with ted kennedy and made this happen. so i think speaker boehner's instinct is to reach across the aisle and try to find some common ground. house of representatives take marthmore of your calls talkingh representative tim ryan of ohio. mike, republican, go ahead therefore hello, mr. ryan. >> guest: hi, mike. >> caller: i've been a republican longtime. i consider myself reasonable, and i've got to tell you i'm not a republican anymore. i think this crisis is nonsense. i've watched c-span at of actually watched patty murray in the senate and house members practically begging the republicans to go to conference. now, i don't know, they seem to not want to go to conference all thes
the cleveland browns loss last week and there must be president obama's laws. there's a light out in my downtown, whatever city got a must be president obama's fall. sit down and work within. this is why i'm optimistic about john boehner is that john boehner was one of the chief architects of no child left behind it and granted that has fall but he sat down with a democrat. he set down with ted kennedy and made this happen. so i think speaker boehner's instinct is to reach across the aisle and...
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the stimulus, $787 billion stimulus that was enacted in the first weeks of the obama administration, a lot of that money went to the states to pay, basically, to avoid layoffs. of public employees. but there's a real crisis, there's no question about it. my own state, new jersey, is very much in the hole. governor christy has, you know, basically said, we're broke. and it really limits the amount that states can do. states have been very generous with pension plans in the past for public employees, and those people signed on with the understanding that they get a particular pension, and the feeling is that, well, the states were a little bit too generous. maybe we have to cut back on those. and the question is whether contractual obligations of the states have to be met. certainly, there are going to be large-scale firings of public employees that, that the thing that states can do are going to be much more limited. and the question is, will these states be able to borrow money? if you're bankrupt, it's hard to get people to lend you money. you know, state municipal bonds, for exampl
the stimulus, $787 billion stimulus that was enacted in the first weeks of the obama administration, a lot of that money went to the states to pay, basically, to avoid layoffs. of public employees. but there's a real crisis, there's no question about it. my own state, new jersey, is very much in the hole. governor christy has, you know, basically said, we're broke. and it really limits the amount that states can do. states have been very generous with pension plans in the past for public...
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what are we going to hear over the next two years or coming weeks from obama, obviously, compromise, how is he going to try to get in a winning position? i'm not talking voting-wise, but getting the public behind him and do what clinton did? obviously there's the issue of try an giew late and the republicans, how will they get on offense and control the message? what do you think both sides will be saying? how will they sell themselves and get on top? >> i think the republicans are going to say we're listening to the american people because mr. bohner said that yesterday. >> what if -- >> we're still listening. >> i think that's what mitch mcconnell said yesterday. the white house has got to change. the democrats have to change, and if not, maybe there's more change in 2012, ie, we'll take everything. >> what does obama say? what is obama's counter? >> i think if you look at it in the simple form, it's a huge conflict as there's supposed to be. on one hand they need to work together, and on the other hand you don't win by saying look what my democratic friends and i have done togethe
what are we going to hear over the next two years or coming weeks from obama, obviously, compromise, how is he going to try to get in a winning position? i'm not talking voting-wise, but getting the public behind him and do what clinton did? obviously there's the issue of try an giew late and the republicans, how will they get on offense and control the message? what do you think both sides will be saying? how will they sell themselves and get on top? >> i think the republicans are going...
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obama wanted one done by the 2 #nd, which is just a week away. you know, i'm not -- it doesn't look at this point it doesn't look -- it looks like we'll be in for o long strenuous july. they have blue prints on the table, and if they can kind of go around those, that might provide hope in getting a deal done soon. >> host: jake sureman, thanks for the insight. >> caller: thanks for having me. >> i want to emphasize that nothing is agreed to until everything's agreed to, and the parties are still far apart on a wide range of issues. >> the debt limb is the legal limit on borrowing by the federal government, and since 1962 has been raised 74 times the last time in february 2010. one more and follow the process of raising the debt ceiling on line. search watch clip, and share. it's washington your way. >> tuesday on washington journal, pennsylvania congressman doeses the negotiations on debt and deficit reduction.
obama wanted one done by the 2 #nd, which is just a week away. you know, i'm not -- it doesn't look at this point it doesn't look -- it looks like we'll be in for o long strenuous july. they have blue prints on the table, and if they can kind of go around those, that might provide hope in getting a deal done soon. >> host: jake sureman, thanks for the insight. >> caller: thanks for having me. >> i want to emphasize that nothing is agreed to until everything's agreed to, and...
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that many people had contacted nevada's obama hot-line with just raw emotion. within the first hour that the marketplace opened on tuesday, nevada has an adult insurance rate of 27% -- i'm sorry, an adult uninsurance rate of 27%, the fifth highest in the country. they were calling up saying, 'can i get my coverage today so i can see my doctor this afternoon?" and that is in one sense moving but also frustrating because, sure, you can sign up but the coverage won't be effective until january 1. uninsured americans and those with costly or skimpy health plans have been rushing to sign up for health coverage under the law, although technical glitches have delayed enrollment process for some of them. those who have successfully enrolled say they are pleased with the new coverage they are getting beginning in january. even some ardent republicans and obamacare skeptics signed up for coverage are admitting that the law will be a financial boon to them and give them peace of mind. butch matthews, a lifelong republican and initial proponents of repealing the law, said
that many people had contacted nevada's obama hot-line with just raw emotion. within the first hour that the marketplace opened on tuesday, nevada has an adult insurance rate of 27% -- i'm sorry, an adult uninsurance rate of 27%, the fifth highest in the country. they were calling up saying, 'can i get my coverage today so i can see my doctor this afternoon?" and that is in one sense moving but also frustrating because, sure, you can sign up but the coverage won't be effective until...
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the entire panel, i believe the week before last, general jim jones, president obama's nationals good advisor, general keane, ambassador, another scholar, all agreed that we need a strategy and we don't have one. that i asked secretary gates last week, and this is what he said that i think is relevant. he said, my concern is that i don't see an overreaching or overriding strategy on the part of the united states with this complex challenge for the next 20 or 30 years. and one of the benefits of containment, there are lots of disagreements about how to apply it is now the worst we have fought hundred and so on, but i've always believed that critical to our success in the cold war was that we had a broad strategy called containment that was practiced by nine successive administrations of both political parties. it had bipartisan support. the general notion of how to deal with this. so we don't have anything like that with respect to the middle east. and i think that is long come and see what kind of dealing with each of these crises individually rather than backing up and saying what ou
the entire panel, i believe the week before last, general jim jones, president obama's nationals good advisor, general keane, ambassador, another scholar, all agreed that we need a strategy and we don't have one. that i asked secretary gates last week, and this is what he said that i think is relevant. he said, my concern is that i don't see an overreaching or overriding strategy on the part of the united states with this complex challenge for the next 20 or 30 years. and one of the benefits of...
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behind him arguing for more extended unemployment. 99 weeks apparently isn't enough. maybe into this president that's a problem but what reagan would have done is stick behind, have people stand behind them have found new jobs. reagan created such an economic dynamo that went right through to the clinton administration. i don't know that this nation has ever seen anything like it's certainly not a 100 years. and of course he brought confidence back to a country that desperately needed it after jimmy carter and the disaster that he was. there have been a number of good presidents too. coolidge was a very good president. in my view james polk was a very good president. some people will attack him and call him in perilous than i guess i better leave california and some of the other states but i thought he was a very good president and there were others. i can't remember all of them and there've there have been some very very poor presidents. martin van buren was a very poor president. james buchanan was a very poor president. oh, i'm no fan of fdr but on the other hand h
behind him arguing for more extended unemployment. 99 weeks apparently isn't enough. maybe into this president that's a problem but what reagan would have done is stick behind, have people stand behind them have found new jobs. reagan created such an economic dynamo that went right through to the clinton administration. i don't know that this nation has ever seen anything like it's certainly not a 100 years. and of course he brought confidence back to a country that desperately needed it after...
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that does put some pressure on obama and house democrats to support it. it will pass the house on wednesday, and then obama's going to veto it. so big veto, biggest veto of his presidency. only the third veto of his presidency. and, you know, the house and senate will have the democratic support to sustain the veto. so, you know, this is all political messaging. keystone's been around for five years, and it's, of course, an enormous proxy vote on climate change and the environment, and everybody's playing to their base here. but, you know, it's an interesting debate because there are some amendments on there. the senate passed a climate change amendment, says climate change is not a hoax and there might be some conservatives in the house who are a little bit wary to vote for it on that matter. and, of course, there will be democrats who support the keystone bill, and that will make obama's veto look a little bit worse for having a bipartisan bill and republicans are going to frame this as obstructionism, how many bipartisan bills is he going to veto? so t
that does put some pressure on obama and house democrats to support it. it will pass the house on wednesday, and then obama's going to veto it. so big veto, biggest veto of his presidency. only the third veto of his presidency. and, you know, the house and senate will have the democratic support to sustain the veto. so, you know, this is all political messaging. keystone's been around for five years, and it's, of course, an enormous proxy vote on climate change and the environment, and...
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putin's request next week. both presidents will be attending the u.n. the precise date of their meeting this something we are hoping to resolve before the end of the day today. i will let you know whether or not we can confirm that on art and not when the president sits down with president putin the top item on his agenda will be ukraine and president obama will once again use this occasion to reinforce to president putin the importance of russia keeping the commitment they made in the context of the agreements. this is a message that president putin has heard from some of our european allies that have raised concerns with the way that combined russians have produced produced -- reduce forces in the eastern ukraine, continue to destabilize that country and they continue to receive important military support from the russian government. that is a clear violation of the territorial integrity of that sovereign nation and the impact of the coordinated action of the united states and our allies on russia as a result
putin's request next week. both presidents will be attending the u.n. the precise date of their meeting this something we are hoping to resolve before the end of the day today. i will let you know whether or not we can confirm that on art and not when the president sits down with president putin the top item on his agenda will be ukraine and president obama will once again use this occasion to reinforce to president putin the importance of russia keeping the commitment they made in the context...
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this week richard miniter in his latest book, leading from behind. "the sunday times" reporter reporter president obama has been indecisive and conflicted too much of his presidency and many of his victories can be credited to someone else. this is about an hour. >> host: rich, congratulations on your books up to. first, tell our viewers how i decided to write the book. >> guest: i wanted to write a book without adjectives. i think there aren't a lot of anti-obama books out there. i didn't want to be either one of those books. i want to write a book that described an answer, what i thought was the most interesting question. we look at barack obama as a character. he is a fish out of water in a way. he's the guy that has decades of experience. his entire life is then that the committee table, the arizona state house or in various meetings. he was never the guy in the front of the room deciding, making the hard calls. he is very little if any matters in experience and suddenly he's in the most important managerial job, president of the united states, l
this week richard miniter in his latest book, leading from behind. "the sunday times" reporter reporter president obama has been indecisive and conflicted too much of his presidency and many of his victories can be credited to someone else. this is about an hour. >> host: rich, congratulations on your books up to. first, tell our viewers how i decided to write the book. >> guest: i wanted to write a book without adjectives. i think there aren't a lot of anti-obama books...
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senator pryor has been trying to distance himself from obama policies. disaster you have a like the tornado over the state of arkansas, having the president there is more a symbol that you have the clout to bring the most powerful person in the country into your state. that was an effective way for prior to use the president without having to embrace his policies. you senate the top you could see the senate voting this head of hhs taking over for kathleen sebelius. there is a shakeup at the white house, moving positions around. julian castro. host: what is the president doing here? guest: he is bringing in shaun donovan, the current secretary of housing, into the white house. as what he wants. castro, whojulian is popular and well-liked at the white house, one of two brothers who have made a name for themselves in politics. his brother is a member of congress. so, if donovan goes to the budget office, he will be are placing sylvia, who will not have a vote this week on the services, anduman then castro would come in as isretary of housing, if he confirme
senator pryor has been trying to distance himself from obama policies. disaster you have a like the tornado over the state of arkansas, having the president there is more a symbol that you have the clout to bring the most powerful person in the country into your state. that was an effective way for prior to use the president without having to embrace his policies. you senate the top you could see the senate voting this head of hhs taking over for kathleen sebelius. there is a shakeup at the...
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that's why we are taking action and next week will see a resolution to repeal the job killing obamacare bill -- obama kerala so that we can demonstrate that we are dead serious about cutting the disincentives in this town to job growth across this country and begin to once again grow this economy so more people can get back to work. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> listen, i promised a more open process. i didn't promise every single bill is going to be an open bill or as i said yesterday, we went to a whole congress, two years without one open rule. as i said yesterday, there will be many open the congress and just watch. secondly it you know when it comes to repealing health care, we made it clear going back to last spring after the bill is passed, that this ought to be repealed and replaced with commonsense reform to lower the cost of health insurance. we outlined on september 24 when we put the pledge to america out there. our commitment to the american people that would repeal this job killing bill. the american people understand this bill. the members of congress all get a chance. they'
that's why we are taking action and next week will see a resolution to repeal the job killing obamacare bill -- obama kerala so that we can demonstrate that we are dead serious about cutting the disincentives in this town to job growth across this country and begin to once again grow this economy so more people can get back to work. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> listen, i promised a more open process. i didn't promise every single bill is going to be an open bill or as i said yesterday, we...
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we will do the record open for one week for additional questions and we will stand in recess until 10 a.m. on thursday the 23rd of april. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> president obama is meeting at the white house today with italy's prime minister after that they will hold a joint news conference and we will have live coverage scheduled to start at 11:50 a.m. eastern. nearly 20 republican white house prospects are participating this weekend at a new hampshire republican beaten in nashua. it's the first such gathering this year in the first of the nation primary state. c-span will have live coverage beginning this afternoon at 12:15 p.m. each of your eric cantor now on the challenges of long-term political decisions. he spoke at harvard university at the institute of politics about 10 months after losing his congressional seat in a primary race. this is just over one hour. >> good evening and welcome to the john f. kennedy, jr. forum at harvard university. i maggie williams, director of the institute of politics. tonight our guest and visiting iop fellow is for
we will do the record open for one week for additional questions and we will stand in recess until 10 a.m. on thursday the 23rd of april. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> president obama is meeting at the white house today with italy's prime minister after that they will hold a joint news conference and we will have live coverage scheduled to start at 11:50 a.m. eastern. nearly 20 republican white house prospects are participating this weekend at a new hampshire...
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president obama and we've been on the record for weeks saying we won't agree to that. >> [inaudible] >> never with conditions. we have extended short terms. 40 times, but never condition. we extend the debt has we have done in the years senator schumer and i have been in congress but never with conditions and they of course want to do it with lots of overburden terrible conditions. >> [inaudible] >> every republican in the house of representatives accept five voted for it. 40 republicans voted for it so it is by ceo and by omb stat how is it good in their budget and not when it's in our budget? >> the owsley in 2012, how much of a cut in 2012? >> i will get that from my staff, okay? >> you talked about movies but one of the things s&p and moody's has said is they want to see a long-term reduction in the trajectory of the debt to gdp ratio yet in this plan with the discretionary cuts that doesn't get to the entitlements in the long term driver. >> that's why it seems there has been acceptance all over in this capital. with my idea to have a joint committee. it's going to be in the pro
president obama and we've been on the record for weeks saying we won't agree to that. >> [inaudible] >> never with conditions. we have extended short terms. 40 times, but never condition. we extend the debt has we have done in the years senator schumer and i have been in congress but never with conditions and they of course want to do it with lots of overburden terrible conditions. >> [inaudible] >> every republican in the house of representatives accept five voted for...
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with president obama. we'll have live coverage the chinese president's arrival at the white house for a state dinner his honor at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> the c-span network feature weekends full of politics, nobody fiction books and american history. the pope's visit to the united states continues saturday as he travels from new york to philadelphia. live coverage starts also 4:30 p.m. eastern as pope francis speaks at independence hall. then at 7:30 p.m., the pontiff attends the festival of families which is part of the world meeting of families. moving to the road to the white house coverage, join us sunday evening at 6:35 eastern harris sadr over and presidential candidate lawrence lessic taughts about this run for precision and his suggestions to change the political system. on booktv, saturday night, at 10:00 p.m., bill o'reilly speaks on his latest book "killing reagan," a look at the ronald reagan residents political and tear -- and then on sunday, doug casey sits down with c-span to d
with president obama. we'll have live coverage the chinese president's arrival at the white house for a state dinner his honor at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> the c-span network feature weekends full of politics, nobody fiction books and american history. the pope's visit to the united states continues saturday as he travels from new york to philadelphia. live coverage starts also 4:30 p.m. eastern as pope francis speaks at independence hall. then at 7:30 p.m., the pontiff...
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[applause] during the debate of obamacare, president obama promised no american taxpayer dollars would be used to fund abortion in the bill. unfortunately, this is not how things played out, and that is why next week we'll substantiate up again and bring forward a bill to ensure that no taxpayer dollars will cover abortion and no health care worker has to participate in abortions against their will. [cheers and applause] [applause] the house moved to try and cut off all taxpayer funding to planned parenthood and its abortion clinics, but that is not the way things played out, but i can tell you after november 2012, we look forward to a senate and a white house that will partner with us to once and for all eliminate government funding for any and all organizations that perform abortions. [cheers and applause] [applause] you know, there's no more caring country than america. in fact, the exceptionalism of our people stems from the fact that we are prone to giving rather than taking, but this, too, is now under assault in washington. as democrats fight to maintain taxpayer funding for the
[applause] during the debate of obamacare, president obama promised no american taxpayer dollars would be used to fund abortion in the bill. unfortunately, this is not how things played out, and that is why next week we'll substantiate up again and bring forward a bill to ensure that no taxpayer dollars will cover abortion and no health care worker has to participate in abortions against their will. [cheers and applause] [applause] the house moved to try and cut off all taxpayer funding to...
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i lost the argument but i freely admit in the first week or so i thought maybe i was wrong, she's quite talented. it wasn't until later on, nothing can prepare even a seasoned politician for the strain and spotlight of a presidential campaign. it is a daunting, daunting experience. not many people can handle the pressure of that. someone so relatively new to politics and never exposed to that kind of attention, bound to crack under the strain of it. >> host: what about his decision to fold his hand on the economic summit? >> guest: that when i argued for. we managed to come out of the convention with a 5 or 6 point lead on obama, convention bounces usually dissipate and we knew they would dissipate but by the end of september, late september we were, i thought, competitive, still had a chance in what was then a horrible environment for a republican candidate. president bush, bless him, not entirely his fault but was unpopular in the post-katrina thing, he had terrible numbers and it was easy to tag the republican nominee is bush's third term. the polling formulation right track wrong tr
i lost the argument but i freely admit in the first week or so i thought maybe i was wrong, she's quite talented. it wasn't until later on, nothing can prepare even a seasoned politician for the strain and spotlight of a presidential campaign. it is a daunting, daunting experience. not many people can handle the pressure of that. someone so relatively new to politics and never exposed to that kind of attention, bound to crack under the strain of it. >> host: what about his decision to...